Gevo Signs Deal for Isobutanol Processing Plant

9:16 AM MDT | July 26, 2011 | Rebecca Coons

Gevo (Englewood, CO) says it has entered into an agreement with South Hampton Resources South Hampton Resources (Silsbee, TX), a subsidiary of Arabian American Development Co. (Dallas), to build a biobased hydrocarbon processing demonstration plant at Silsbee. Financial terms were not disclosed. The 10,000 gallons/month plant is expected to be completed before the end of the year and will use biobased isobutanol produced with Gevo technology as feedstock for a variety of hydrocarbon materials, including jet fuel, isooctane, isooctane, and para-xylene. South...